Map_of_Meridian_Line_set_under_the_Treaty_of_Tordesillas.jpg


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English: Map by Spanish chronicler, historian, and writer, Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1548–1625) showing the meridian established under the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas to define land entitlements between Spain and Portugal.
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Source https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/jun7/treaty-tordesillas/
Author Map by Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas

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